Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence, O God,
are the many who have been battered.
They are afraid of what their spouses will do
during the day, even more at night.
Your promise is for them, too, and their children,
as for all whom you call to follow you.
God, we pray that your light will shine in their lives,
and that the darkness will not overcome it.
are the many who have been battered.
They are afraid of what their spouses will do
during the day, even more at night.
Your promise is for them, too, and their children,
as for all whom you call to follow you.
God, we pray that your light will shine in their lives,
and that the darkness will not overcome it.
Lectionary Readings
Ps. 62; 145; 73; 9
Judg. 6:25-40
Acts 2:37-47
John 1:1-18
Selected Verses
Ps. 62:3
How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
Judg. 6:27
So Gideon took ten of his servants, and did as the LORD had told him; but because he was too afraid of his family and the townspeople to do it by day, he did it by night.
Acts 2:39
"…For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him." [Peter preaching to the crowd at Pentecost]
John 1:5
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
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